Red helmet Poem by Isabella Motadinyane

Isabella Motadinyane

Isabella Motadinyane

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Red helmet

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A cry
of come and see
our home is a home
of tears and bitterness
women crying
night and day
a black cockerel
red helmet
is in the house
a smash hit
mother father child
ending up with
an infant
it started
with a dog outside
a cry
of come and see
what can we do now
household and furniture
everything is gone
we found a woman
in tears inside
a crying mother
is now a song

Translation: 2007, Ike Mboneni Muila

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